title: Kinetic studies of the fatty acid synthetase multienzyme complex from Euglena gracilis variety bacillaris.
abstract: A fatty acid synthetase multienzyme complex was purified from Euglena gracilis variety bacillaris. The fatty acid synthetase activity is specifically inhibited by antibodies against Escherichia coli acyl-carrier protein. The Euglena enzyme system requires both NADPH and NADH for maximal activity. An analysis was done of the steady-state kinetics of the reaction catalysed by the fatty acid synthetase multienzyme complex. Initial-velocity studies were done in which the concentrations of the following pairs of substrates were varied: malonyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA, NADPH and acetyl-CoA, malonyl-CoA and NADPH. In all three cases patterns of the Ping Pong type were obtained. Product-inhibition studies were done with NADP+ and CoA. NADP+ is a competitive inhibitor with respect to NADPH, and uncompetitive with respect to malonyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA. CoA is uncompetitive with respect to NADPH and competitive with respect to malonyl-CoA and acetyl-CoA. When the concentrations of acetyl-CoA and malonyl-CoA were varied over a wide range, mutual competitive substrate inhibition was observed. When the fatty acid synthetase was incubated with radiolabelled acetyl-CoA or malonyl-CoA, labelled acyl-enzyme was isolated. The results are consistent with the idea that fatty acid synthesis proceeds by a multisite substituted-enzyme mechanism involving Ping Pong reactions at the following enzyme sites: acetyl transacylase, malonyl transacylase, beta-oxo acyl-enzyme synthetase and fatty acyl transacylase.
mesh_terms: D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A / Q000494:pharmacology; D005056:Euglena gracilis / Q000201:enzymology*; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A / Q000494:pharmacology; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D009243:NAD; D008316:Malonyl Coenzyme A; D009249:NADP; D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases